Movie
Bend of the River
Overview
Two men with questionable pasts, Glyn McLyntock and his friend Cole, lead a wagon-train load of homesteaders from Missouri to the Oregon territory...
Details
- Release date
- 1952-01-23
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Genres
- Western, Adventure
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Universal International Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- James Stewart as Glyn McLyntock
- Arthur Kennedy as Emerson Cole
- Julie Adams as Laura Baile
- Rock Hudson as Trey Wilson
- Jay C. Flippen as Jeremy Baile
- Lori Nelson as Marjie Baile
- Chubby Johnson as Cap'n Mello
- Stepin Fetchit as Adam
- Harry Morgan as Shorty
- Howard Petrie as Tom Hendricks
- Frances Bavier as Mrs. Prentiss
- Jack Lambert as Red
Crew
- Anthony Mann - Director
- Borden Chase - Screenplay
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